这个迷人的男人：（陌生时空 2）2023年英国奇幻文学奖音频作品奖 This Charming Man : (The Stranger Times 2)

基本信息

Series:The Stranger Times

Format:Paperback / softback 528 pages

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Imprint:Penguin (Transworld)

ISBN:9780552177351

Published:12 Jan 2023

Weight:370g

Dimensions:129 x 198 x 35 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

停止报道！《陌生时空》荣获 2023 年英国奇幻奖音频作品奖！

吸血鬼并不存在。每个人都知道这一点。所以当他们开始在曼彻斯特出现时，这特别令人讨厌……

没有人对此感到高兴。无论是创始人，这个秘密组织，吸血鬼是作为寓言而发明的；还是民间，这些隐藏在众目睽睽之下的魔法人物，他们只想过上平静的生活。曼彻斯特的人们肯定不会高兴，因为没有什么比被一个失控的寓言谋杀更令人恼火的了。在一切真正爆发之前，需要有人迅速解决这个问题——《陌生时空》的工作人员挺身而出。

他们并不是没有足够的事情要处理。助理编辑汉娜刚刚结束了一团糟的离婚，回来后发现有人试图绑架他们的一名员工，虽然编辑文森特·班克罗夫特很高兴看到他的团队成员离开，但他不喜欢别人碰他的东西——这是原则问题。

再加上一个岌岌可危的管道状况、赌债、一种全新的咒骂方式，以及一位可以亲切地称为“很多包袱”的侦探督察，这一切加在一起，让报纸又度过了一个忙碌的一周，致力于报道别人不愿触及的真相。

《这个迷人的男人》是广受好评的《陌生人时空》系列的第二本书。

“充满笑料的嬉戏……秉承特里·普拉切特的精神。”《泰晤士报》

“伟大的人物、喷气式的情节和成功的前提。”《卫报》

“新鲜而真正有趣。”特效

STOP PRESS! The Stranger Times wins the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Audio Work!

Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . .

Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life. And definitely not the people of Manchester, because there is nothing more irksome than being murdered by an allegory run amok. Somebody needs to sort this out fast before all Hell really breaks loose - step forward the staff of The Stranger Times.

It's not like they don't have enough to be dealing with. Assistant Editor Hannah has come back from getting messily divorced to discover that someone is trying to kidnap a member of their staff and while editor Vincent Banecroft would be delighted to see the back of any of his team, he doesn't like people touching his stuff - it's the principle of the thing.

Throw in a precarious plumbing situation, gambling debts, an entirely new way of swearing, and a certain detective inspector with what could be kindly referred to as 'a lot of baggage' and it all adds up to another hectic week in the life of the newspaper committed to reporting the truth that nobody else will touch.

This Charming Man is the second book in the critically acclaimed The Stranger Times series.

'A gag-filled romp . . . in the spirit of Terry Pratchett.' The Times

'Great characters, a jet-propelled plot, and a winning premise.' Guardian

'Fresh and genuinely funny.' SFX

作者简介

C K (Caimh) McDonnell 出生于利默里克，在都柏林长大，曾是一名脱口秀喜剧演员和电视编剧。他曾在世界各地演出，在爱丁堡举办过几场广受好评的演出，并支持过 Sarah Millican 等巡演，后来他放弃了小丑生涯，专心写作。他还为许多电视节目写过剧本，并获得了英国电影学院奖儿童电视奖提名。

他的处女作《一个有着那些面孔的男人》是一部喜剧犯罪小说，于 2016 年出版，并衍生出《都柏林三部曲》系列和衍生作品《McGarry Stateside》系列。它们一直是大西洋两岸亚马逊的畅销书。作为 C. K. McDonnell，他是《陌生人时代》系列当代喜剧幻想系列的作者。

Caimh 住在曼彻斯特。

Born in Limerick and raised in Dublin, C K (Caimh) McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. He performed all around the world, had several well-received Edinburgh shows and supported acts such as Sarah Millican on tour before hanging up his clowning shoes to concentrate on writing. He has also written for numerous TV shows and been nominated for a Kid's TV BAFTA.

His debut novel, Man With One of Those Faces - a comic crime novel - was published in 2016 and spawned The Dublin Trilogy books and the spin-off McGarry Stateside series. They have been Amazon bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. As C. K. McDonnell, he is the author of The Stranger Times series contemporary comic fantasy series.

Caimh lives in Manchester.